title: Recurrent pterygia: results of postoperative treatment with Sr-90 applicators.
abstract: Recurrent pterygia in 42 patients (48 eyes) were treated locally with strontium-90 irradiation from May 1967 to May 1988. The 31 male patients had an average age of 52 years; the 11 female patients, 46 years. All patients underwent surgical resection of the recurrent pterygia with use of the bare-sclera technique. During the immediate postoperative period the surgical site was treated with an Sr-90 applicator (beta irradiation). Doses ranged from 10 to 70 Gy (average, 50 Gy). Follow-up times ranged from 8 to 136 months (median, 14 months). The local control rate was 89%. Four of the five recurrences were in patients treated with doses of 1,000-1,500 cGy (P less than .0002). None of the patients developed cataracts or any other serious complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology and Nuclear Medicine, Hahnemann University, Philadelphia.
authors.forename: O R
authors.initials: OR
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Amendola
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Brady
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011625:Pterygium / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012590:Sclera / Q000528:radiation effects; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes